Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 561 The Dark Horse
Twilight enveloped the entire Danghu Mountain once again.

When the intermission before the semi-finals ended, people were surprised to find that it was going to be dark again.Before I knew it, the day was coming to an end.

Most of the participants have been eliminated, and the competition finally reached the second highest place on Danghu Mountain.

Above the battle, under the stargazing, is Qinglian.

Danghu Mountain is a high platform just below the peak.

Lotus platform.

A little cloud and mist have been lingering around the lotus platform, coupled with the chessboard carved on the thick stone platform, it looks like a place where immortals live.

There is a huge stone on the lotus platform, engraved with poems by famous scholars of the previous dynasty.

"Three hundred miles away from Jinghu Lake, lotus blossoms grow in Han. In May, they are harvested in the west, and people see it as if it is a pass. Returning to the boat does not wait for the moon, and returns to the home of the king of Yue."

Jiang Yuanyuan read this poem on the examiner's high platform, looked at the figures of the boys and girls who quietly boarded the lotus platform in the night, and said with emotion, "It's the first time I found that this poem is quite suitable for the occasion."

"It's Xia Ge in "Midnight Wu Ge." Ji Jiashu stared at the sentence and said, "It really fits the occasion."

When people look at Ai Ruoye, what they are talking about is to see the bustling scene of beautiful people picking lotus, and people and boats filling the river. It is somewhat similar to the noisy scene of people surrounding the lotus platform in summer night.

"But this time it's not their beauty that attracts people here," Ji Jiashu said quietly, "it's their true abilities."

The position of the Lotus Terrace is already quite high, and it is not easy to climb here from the bottom of the mountain, but there are not only many but more and more people around.

"The list of the semi-finals should have been circulated, and many people came here just for this list." Ji Jiashu said.

Feeling the heat wave from the turbulent crowd, Tuoba Xun smiled and said, "This number is actually on par with our semi-finals back then."

Although he compared the quarter-finals with theirs before, but how strong their lineup was in the semi-finals that year, it is very rare to look at the history of the primary ceremony.

''In that year, we were the six princes of the Warring States period, and three of them were from the Northern Wei Dynasty. "Tuoba Xun smiled and said, "It's amazing to be able to attract so many people. "

The veins on Jiang Yuanyuan's forehead twitched. Compared with the results of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Nanchu's results this year were extremely unlucky. There were no Nanchu people in the semi-finals.

Looking at the still bustling crowd, he said lightly, "Although the Northern Wei Dynasty accounted for three, the fact that so many people came here has nothing to do with the people of the Northern Wei Dynasty."

Ji Jiashu looked around, and the focus of the crowd had turned into the girl at some point.

"Look, that's the former Qin princess!"

"She really won all the way to the present?"

"That's right, how fast did she win before? In the last round, she played more than 200 hands with Mr. Chen, and forced him to lose!"

In the hustle and bustle before the opening, the girl's name and deeds quietly blended into it at some point.

War chess, this is a long war.But just like climbing a mountain, it is this step-by-step climbing that allows people to see how difficult it is for every practitioner to win.

See how the girl approached the top step by step.

If there is no strength, it is impossible to stay until now.

Between the square-inch chessboards, chess players risk everything while touching those who watch them.

"I don't know what the lottery will be like this time."

Someone whispered.

As night fell completely, the examiner who drew lots changed again. Seeing him put his hand into the lottery box, everyone's hearts were raised.

Among the top four, three are from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and there must be one from the Northern Wei Dynasty who finally entered the final.It stands to reason that the onlookers of the Northern Wei Dynasty practitioners had nothing to worry about, but almost all of them were staring at the lottery box, all concerned about the same issue.

"Who will that woman's opponent be?"

"Who will she meet?" Jiang Yuanyuan also murmured on the high platform.

Because Mo Hua won the previous round, this time the lottery started from Mo Hua, and there were only four people left in the audience. This time it was the last draw in the war chess game.

Boom a bell!
The examiner opens the drawn note.

The mystery everyone was looking forward to was finally solved.

"Northern Wei Dynasty, Mo Hua is right..."

"Qianqin, Ying Baoyue!"

Jiang Yuanyuan took a deep breath, "These two are actually on the same page."

Although it's not a good thing for Ying Baoyue to face any of the remaining three, but it's still surprising to face Mo Hua.

Mo Hua can be said to be the dark horse that suddenly appeared in the second half of the war chess game, and Ying Baoyue was the dark horse that appeared in the first half.

At this time, the dark horse met the dark horse.

People did not expect that in this semi-final, the two dark horses met so unexpectedly.

Mo Hua's opponent has already been decided, and there is no need to draw any more.

In the semi-finals, Mo Hua played against Ying Baoyue, and Meng Shi played against He Lancheng.

It's all compared to here, and there is no need to say much about the process. With the start of the bell, the penultimate game of the war chess game officially begins.

"These two... I really don't know what will happen." Jiang Yuanyuan looked at Ying Baoyue and Mo Hua who were sitting face to face on the high platform.

Before the beginning of the primary ceremony, these two people were little known as practitioners, and they didn't leave any chess records, and they didn't have a fixed style of chess.No one knows how to play one of the top four chess games, this is also the first time in the elementary ceremony.

Although the last round didn't end the fastest, Ying Baoyue is still the No. [-] chessboard this time because he was drawn to play against Mo Hua.

The two sides guess first, the No. [-] chessboard Ying Baoyue holds the black first, and the No. [-] chessboard Meng Shi holds the black first.

With a snap, the sunspot fell into place.

The chess game begins.

The opening of the semi-finals was still as slow as the quarter-finals. All four of them thought carefully and started the chess game.

"The opening of these two..." Looking at the chess game unfolding on the No. [-] chessboard, Jiang Yuanyuan laughed helplessly.

Without him, it was just like the beginning of the game between Ying Baoyue and Chen Zihan, it was impossible to see who was better than who was worse.

The strength of these two people is still difficult to judge, and the style of chess can only be described as unpredictable.

Time passed bit by bit, and the battle reached the middle of the game. The black and white pieces on the No. [-] chessboard were still indistinguishable, and it was impossible to tell who was up and who was down.

"It's really a chess game between two black horses..." Jiang Yuanyuan sighed, but the next moment his eyes fell on the No. [-] chessboard on one side, his eyes paused slightly.

Ji Jiashu knew why he had such a reaction.

Contrary to Mo Huaying and Baoyue's chess game, where it is impossible to see whether to win or lose for a while, the game between Meng Shi and He Lancheng is much more normal, and it is gradually showing the direction of winning or losing.

On the big chessboard, Meng Shi's black pieces gradually gained the upper hand, and He Lancheng's white pieces gradually became weaker.

"Tuoba Xun, what do you think..." Ji Jiashu looked at the chess game that was about to be decided between the two, and suddenly felt a little quiet around him.He looked around and suddenly realized that He Lancheng, who was originally a chatterbox, hadn't said a word since the start of the semi-finals.

"You..." Ji Jiashu frowned, but at this moment, a child's voice suddenly came from not far away.

"Big Brother."

A Beihan Pavilion disciple suddenly ran up to the high platform where the examiner was, walked to the side of the wheelchair, bowed to Tuoba Xun and said.

"Eldest brother, the saint let you go."

　"Three hundred miles away from the mirror lake, the lotus blooms in Han. In May, it is harvested in the west, and people look at the pass as if it is true. Returning to the boat does not wait for the moon, and returns to the home of the king of Yue." -Tang Li Bai "Midnight Wu Song"

　　
　
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